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Saturday, January 12, 2013

Essie Beyond Cozy

It has been a while since I've gotten a new polish for myself. I've been so into neutrals and sheers lately that I have been wearing OPI Barre My Soul and Mimosas For Mr. & Mrs. almost exclusively. Pretty boring, blog-wise. The other day I was driving down to Columbus to stay with Ben while he works and to see my best friend, and I decided to stop and get a new polish on the way.

I can say without doubt that I am beyond in love with Essie Beyond Cozy. I wasn't sure how I would feel about it. Who needs ANOTHER dense gold glitter, amirite? At least that's what I thought. But really this one is a mixture of champagne and platinum glitter, giving the polish an overall lighter effect. It's super dense, and I only needed two coats for full coverage. The only semi-downside is that this one just NOM NOM NOMS topcoat. I used two coats of Sally Hansen Insta-Dri on top of this one, and it doesn't look or feel like I used any. But I'm okay with that. Ben liked this one, too! He said, "You actually out-blinged your own diamond with that one." The highest of glitter compliments.

Because I've been hanging out with my friend, we've been doing a lot of shopping. I haven't bought much. We were shopping for bridesmaids dresses (still undecided) but also for a dress for her to wear to a formal event next weekend. But in our travels I did buy this.

I'm...pretty excited about it. When I spotted it I dropped whatever else I was looking at and ran over to snag it. I was initially upset that the Forever21 we were at only had a small (my boobs and hips usually can't fit into a small anything). Weirdly the sweater seems to run large, and a small was more than adequate (really strange for F21), so I was so glad to bring this one home. First repeated animal print sweater of 2013: CHECK. I'm on a tight budget, but I got some dollars for Christmas, so I am also on the lookout for this one:

You may remember how I feel about lobsters. I've been on the hunt for a lobster-print dress for a pretty long time, so maybe this sweater, which can be had for around $20, will satisfy me for the time being.

Other than that, things are pretty slow here. My grandmother seems to be recovering. I sort of felt like I had to get away (a luxury), so I'm just staying in a hotel with Ben in Columbus, seeing him after he's done with work at night, and hanging with Aimee during the day. I'm enjoying it. A lot. I can't think of anything I'd rather be doing, actually. Except maybe hang at my parents' lake house. I'll see if I can get that done, too.

love love this polish color, too! i put it on one nail (the "party nail" as my coworker's daughter calls it - lol) and loved it. i haven't done all my fingers, but that may be in the works! that's funny what your fiance said, too. bling!!

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